Sandra Vi going for record across America

legends_ wrote:

Hope we will get another documentary like this one:

https://vimeo.com/196977891

Very inspiring!

How did I not know about this? Very cool -- I know what I'm watching tonight.

I hope there will be something similar for Sandy. Her run is inspiring and it sounds like she's truly a great ambassador for the sport. There good vibes all around in this thread now, I like it.

Go Sandy Go!

Miles to go: 562

Based on Pete K's route on Google Maps:

https://goo.gl/maps/Y8jSex8UW8B2

For a 53:X:X finish on Nov. 3rd

62 mile average for 8 days

66 mile push on Fri Nov. 3rd

Estimated finish time based on 5 day average (56.0 miles)

56.0 miles for 9 days

58 miles on day 10, Sat Nov 4th

Sandy's Strava route today shows 2 locations where the GPS is measuring distance as she is moving in circles, in Napoleon and Bowling Green. This is one reason why the distance traveled isn't accurate and miles to go cannot be estimated on how far the the runner has gone minus the total distance run by Pete K (3067 miles). The distance from today's start to NY City Hall is 614 minus 562 (miles to go per Pete K's route on Google Maps) is 52 miles. However, she clocked 53.6 miles on Strava. A 1.6 mile difference. Duly noted that Google Maps as an estimator has its flaws.

7 weeks into the run and Sandy keeps us guessing how far she will run and for how long. The high-low range over the past 5 days is 10.2 miles and 2 hrs and 10 min

Day 41: 58.3 mi in 13:35

Day 42: 50.7 mi in 12:24

Day 43: 56.5 mi in 13:46

Day 44, 60.9 mi in 14:34

Day 45, 53.6 mi in 13:10

surprise, surprise wrote:

I wouldn't argue with your post, except I think for the integrity of the sport, one should first try to find them, unannounced, paying the surprise visit. The reasons should be obvious. Then, go back and call if necessary. The point of the tracking is to provide the means to come across the runner unannounced, as it should be. But if they protest, then, they probably "protesteth too much". Ehh, Timmy and Jenny?

I was surprised to see the "call first" message. How would anyone call them anyway?

Unannounced visits are the best way to verify what they're doing.

GET INVOLVED wrote:

It was neat for them. The pace was easy, but they realized how difficult it must be to keep going day after day. Especially in snow/rain or extreme hot/cold.

So far today 2 wrote:

Getting used to eat a lot and eating on the run both Pete K and Sandy have said in interviews was also really difficult.

That wouldn't be any problem for me.

However my already lean friend hiked the Pacific Coast Trail, was eating all the time and lost 25 pounds.

Math is hard wrote:

7 weeks into the run and Sandy keeps us guessing how far she will run and for how long. The high-low range over the past 5 days is 10.2 miles and 2 hrs and 10 min

Day 41: 58.3 mi in 13:35

Day 42: 50.7 mi in 12:24

Day 43: 56.5 mi in 13:46

Day 44, 60.9 mi in 14:34

Day 45, 53.6 mi in 13:10

It seems to me that the days Sandy runs short are cold or rainy. Day 42 was cold and rainy. The forecast this weekend for a big Nor'easter with heavy rains is expected to pass through Ohio to New York.

I like to eat wrote:

GET INVOLVED wrote:

It was neat for them. The pace was easy, but they realized how difficult it must be to keep going day after day. Especially in snow/rain or extreme hot/cold.

So far today 2 wrote:

Getting used to eat a lot and eating on the run both Pete K and Sandy have said in interviews was also really difficult.

That wouldn't be any problem for me.

However my already lean friend hiked the Pacific Coast Trail, was eating all the time and lost 25 pounds.

He did not eat enough of the right kinds of food. Pete K lost only four pounds during his transcon. The same person is managing the food for Sandy, Cinder Wolff.

I agree with this ~ wrote:

surprise, surprise wrote:

I wouldn't argue with your post, except I think for the integrity of the sport, one should first try to find them, unannounced, paying the surprise visit. The reasons should be obvious. Then, go back and call if necessary. The point of the tracking is to provide the means to come across the runner unannounced, as it should be. But if they protest, then, they probably "protesteth too much". Ehh, Timmy and Jenny?

I was surprised to see the "call first" message. How would anyone call them anyway?

Unannounced visits are the best way to verify what they're doing.

How would you call or why? How was easy, they have a number to call on a Facebook post. Why, because my intention of visiting wasn’t to try to verify if she was running. Sorry if anyone thought that was the intent. I didn’t go just to be boots on the ground, I went to support them because it was a generous thing to do. And after meeting them I am glad I did.

I like to eat wrote:

However my already lean friend hiked the Pacific Coast Trail, was eating all the time and lost 25 pounds.

So far today 2 wrote:

He did not eat enough of the right kinds of food. Pete K lost only four pounds during his transcon. The same person is managing the food for Sandy, Cinder Wolff.

If he'd eaten enough he'd not have lost any weight.

However 25 miles a day over the rough terrain of the Pacific Coast Trail for 5 months is entirely different than across the country on smooth roads.

My friend said he didn't bother to eat healthy, and was stuffing down high calorie junk food constantly.

I like to eat wrote:

I like to eat wrote:

However my already lean friend hiked the Pacific Coast Trail, was eating all the time and lost 25 pounds.

So far today 2 wrote:

He did not eat enough of the right kinds of food. Pete K lost only four pounds during his transcon. The same person is managing the food for Sandy, Cinder Wolff.

If he'd eaten enough he'd not have lost any weight.

However 25 miles a day over the rough terrain of the Pacific Coast Trail for 5 months is entirely different than across the country on smooth roads.

My friend said he didn't bother to eat healthy, and was stuffing down high calorie junk food constantly.

A lean person losing 25 pounds means he burned away all his fat and he burned a lot of muscle mass. That is something you absolutely want to avoid doing to yourself.

BTW: Pete K's diet on his transon included McDonalds and Ben & Jerry's.

All your posts are redundant, posting the same thing over and over.

If you want to keep talking about subject lines, then START YOUR OWN THREAD about subject lines.

This thread would be much more interesting if you didn't post here at all.

All your posts are redundant, posting the same thing over and over.

If you want to keep talking about subject lines, then START YOUR OWN THREAD about subject lines.

This thread would be much more interesting if you didn't post here at all.

You posting 90 times on a page doesn't change the fact that you're driving other people away.

Regardless how many times you cut and paste the same monotonous miles and messages over and over all day long.

Week 7 update

Sandra Villines has done 2537.1 miles in 45 days 56.4 miles/day Estimate for New York 54+ days Nov 4nd ( estimated total mileage 3098)

Mimi Anderson did 2213.2 miles in 39 days + 6 hours 56.387 miles/day

http://www.mimirunsusa.com/

Here is an comparison

https://ibb.co/fz5hWR

Mimi Anderson wrote on 10/23:

I set out to get a new world record but unfortunately my body had other ideas, but I can say without doubt that I gave it my all.

The vastness of this Country is magnificent and it was a real privilege to have actually run though it and to have met some amazing and extra-ordinary people who have made my journey something I will never forget. I saw some beautiful sunrises but unfortunately missed most of the sunsets as they were behind me!

During the 40 days I ran 2,217 miles, doing over two marathons per day, ran through 9 States - Yes 9!! nearly got hit by 3 cars which was pretty scary, had to cope with severe heat, torrential rain (which is very unpleasant when you have extremely large lorries flying past you), gale force winds and the worst bit was running on busy roads with no hard shoulder spending the whole time concentrating on the vehicles heading towards me just incase I needed to jump out of the way - oh and got bitten by a dog!

This journey was way more than trying to set a world record it was also about raising money and awareness for my two Charities. Free to Run and Marie Curie.

When I hit the 2,000 mile point I thought about my father and Mark (Tim's Brother) who I know would have been there with me, they are the reason I'm raising money for Marie Curie, who provided support over the last few months/days of their lives.

I had many women who came out to join me on the run which was an honour and they reminded me how lucky we all are to be able to run without any form of discrimination or abuse. Free to Run is an marvellous charity that supports women and girls who live or have fled conflict areas by empowering them through sport and education. The work this charity does is outstanding. Sport is a great leveller and for women and girls who have lost confidence in themselves and everything around them sport can gradually give them their confidence back enabling them to try things that perhaps ordinarily they would have not attempted.

Thank you to everyone who has already donated but please, if you have any spare cash could you make a donation to either of the two charities - or both if you wish! Both need our help and support.

www.mimirunsusa.com

Markus wrote:

Mimi Anderson did 2213.2 miles in 39 days + 6 hours 56.387 miles/day

During the 40 days I ran 2,217 miles.

Mimi got her mileage updated to match pretty much what Strava had for her. One of her team (Jenny?) was using a number that was about 100 miles less.

So far today 2 wrote:

Markus wrote:

Mimi Anderson did 2213.2 miles in 39 days + 6 hours 56.387 miles/day

During the 40 days I ran 2,217 miles.

Mimi got her mileage updated to match pretty much what Strava had for her. One of her team (Jenny?) was using a number that was about 100 miles less.

I used the numbers they put on fb at the beginning and later the Strava data when they had it.

100 miles seem like a big discrepancy.

Markus wrote:

So far today 2 wrote:

Mimi got her mileage updated to match pretty much what Strava had for her. One of her team (Jenny?) was using a number that was about 100 miles less.

I used the numbers they put on fb at the beginning and later the Strava data when they had it.

100 miles seem like a big discrepancy.

The claim of 2,142.2 miles is here; 81 miles short.

Whoever posted Pete's video, thank you very much.

I don't see it posted here anymore... did someone remove it?

If so, I wish people would stop messing with this thread and just let the discussions continue.

This is awesome! The proverbial boots on the ground. I wish she was coming by my area.

It was great to see Sandy get some press in Ohio today. The video shows details of her run is very interesting and definitely inspiring. However, doesn't Guinness specifically not allow a support vehicle to follow the runner. That was one of the unlawful acts of RY's run that would have disqualified him in addition to his cheating allegations. The video shows her support vehicle following her at runner speed which is dangerous on the open road and why it's not allowed. Hopefully this video doesn't get out to them and disqualify her from an official record certification.

Good News? wrote:

It was great to see Sandy get some press in Ohio today. The video shows details of her run is very interesting and definitely inspiring.

What video? Link?